The History

The name BUSHI BAN derives from two different words, Bushi-Do [Japanese warrior spirit and martial arts] and Bando [ ancient Burmese system of martial discipline]. The name Bushi Ban has come to mean "Way of Disciplined Warrior".
The BUSHI BAN curriculum provides a well rounded holistic approach in training covering hard and soft systems of American, Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, Chinese, Pakistani, Indian, Tibetan, Thai, Burmese, Mongolian, Brazilian, and other martial arts.

The Founder

Grand Master Zulfi Ahmed is the designer and developer of the Bushi Ban system. Grand Master Ahmed
has over 30 years of martial arts experience and has won over 300 martial arts awards including the 1993 NBL
World Traditional Weapons title, and the 1992 USKA Open Forms World Title, and has also been inducted into
eleven different martial arts halls of fame.
Grand Master Ahmed has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Karachi. He has earned his
Black Belts in many different martial arts and is recognized as the founder of the Bushi Ban system by
several national and international martial arts organizations. He was also selected to be on the Pakistani
National Tae Kwon Do Olympic Team and has represented Pakistan and the United States in national,
international, and world events.
His extensive travels have allowed him to learn, teach, and compete with some of the best martial artists in
the world.

The System

The BUSHI BAN system benefits the student in several key developmental ways: fitness, health and wellness, life skills,character building, personal development, self-defense, athletic competition, rich history and tradition, and lifestyle. Our advanced students are well rounded individuals who are constantly seeking knowledge through the Martial Arts, and who are willing to work hard to achieve their goals through dedication, loyalty and perseverance, and setting new standards to improve every aspect of their life.
Our students range from 4 years old to 74 years young and are given a wide range of choices in training covering methods resembling Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Yoga, cardio exercises, self-defense techniques, and many others. In addition, competitive events extend from non-contact to light contact and full contact sports such as karate type sparring, kickboxing, and grappling.
Our students are taught to practice the marital arts in the school, as well as apply their martial arts education in a constructive and productive way in their daily life.

Bushi Ban of Pearland

Bushi Ban of Pearland

8201 Broadway Ste. 151
Pearland TX

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David Kovar

Lessons From A Real-Life Samurai

One time in the early 1990s I was approached by a middle-aged Japanese man who had entered my school. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was a martial artist. I could tell by his posture, his focus, his calloused knuckles and his sense of respect. He just had that way of carrying himself. He came in to inform me that he had recently moved to the area and was starting an instructor course on Okinawan Weaponry and he invited me to participate. Being the martial arts junkie that I am, I quickly accepted his offer. Since then, for the last twenty plus years, I have had the distinct pleasure of being a student of Shihan Mikio Nishiuchi.
During the first decade we focused primarily on Okinawan Weaponry, aka Kobudo, but since about the year 2000, our focus has been on Iaido, the

Zulfi Ahmed

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Tom Callos

AND WHEN YOU TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE ...

When you teach the martial arts, whether it be Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Karate, Taekwondo, Aikido, or what have you --you stand a very good chance of teaching young people.
And when you teach young people, when you "put on the uniform" of the teacher, the leader, the "one who knows," the one who gives directions, the one, for what ever period of time you"re given, is asked and/or expected to "teach the lessons," I think it"s one big whopping whale of an opportunity to do some of the best work our particular, odd, left-of-center, often goofy, all too self-serious profession sets in front of us.
And while teaching little Johnny and Sally how to punch people in the face, choke them, and or defend themselves from the same --might seem like the mission of the "martial arts" teacher -- from my point of view it is not the most important work, not the work that really matters at that age, that might really bring about the change we have the potential to play a role in, or that might actually make these little people more powerful, participative, engaged, compassionate --and thus happier and more connected to that which it is best to be connected to.
I treasure, however, the teacher, the smart, connected, awake teacher, who uses the martial arts, no, who uses the time they are gifted with to be an influencer, as a tool to provide experiences and viewpoints that speak of a better, more compassionate, less violent world. So Dan Rominski"s canned food drive work --and the work so many of you do where you&q

Kazi Qais

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Fariborz Azhakh

Talking vs. Behaving

This morning as I dropped my son off at his school, like I do everyday, there was no place to park. So I made the decision to pull up against the red curb across the street. My son got out of the ca

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